OKLAHOMA v. TEXAS

No. 20, Original.

258 U.S. 574 (1922)

STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS. UNITED STATES, INTERVENER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 1, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Dale and Mr. Jesse B. Roote for Burke Divide Oil Company, Consolidated, et al.

Mr. T.P. Gore, with whom Mr. J.I. Howard, Mr. A.M. Beets, Mr. Nestor Rummons, Mr. Garnett Hughes and Mr. Jos. H. Aynesworth were on the briefs, for Melish Consolidated Placer Oil Mining Association.

Mr. Henry E. Asp, for the Indian allottees, and, with Mr. George P. Rowell and Mr. Lucien H. Boggs, for E. Everett Rowell et al.

Mr. W.A. Ledbetter, with whom Mr. H.L. Stuart, Mr. R.R. Bell, Mr. F.W. Fisher and Mr. A.E. Pearson were on the briefs, for A.E. Pearson et al.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. W.W. Dyar, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter and Mr. John A. Fain, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. George Trice for D.D. Brunson.

Mr. S.P. Freeling, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, with whom Mr. Geo. F. Short, Mr. W.A. Durant and Mr. J.L. Carpenter were on the brief, for the complainant.

Mr. F.A. Williams and Mr. F. Chatterton filed a brief on behalf of the Pacific-Wyoming Oil Company et al.

Mr. Jesse B. Roote and Mr. Paul M. Clark filed a brief on behalf of Mark Denson et al.

Mr. T.P. Gore and Mr. J.H. Cline filed a brief on behalf of Burkburnett Placer Mining & Oil Company; Double Triangle Petroleum Development Association, et al.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit in equity was brought in this court by the State of Oklahoma against the State of Texas to settle a controversy between them over their common boundary along the course of the Red River and over the title to the southerly half of the river bed. The State of Texas answered the bill and joined in the prayer that the controversy be decided. Shortly thereafter the United

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